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Burn Notice toy…is really THAT easy to build!

ok :| WOW sometimes the gadgets and toys you see in a Hollywood show REALLY are THAT easy to build. I’m talking about the home made taser gun, made out of a disposable camera and I first saw it on Burn Notice.

So I previously blogged about a laser alarm system I’m working on. I’m still stuck with it…although today a colleague of mine came up with a funky idea to turn the alarm on/off but I’ll blog about that when it’s finished. So getting back to the homemade taser gun. I saw a episode of Burn Notice where they quickly make such a device out of a disposable camera…and guess what tonight I just made one myself. It only took me like 2 hours or so(mainly cause I’m still a noob when it comes to soldering stuff).  How to build it is explained in the book I mention in the previous article…but it can also be resumed to the following:

  • take the camera apart(be careful to NOT touch the capacitor, it looks like a AAA battery)
  • Discharge the capacitor by short circuiting it(touch both ends with a single screwdriver which is coated with plastic/rubber).
  • Solder two new wires in each hole where the capacitor was connected
  • You are done

Now that wasn’t that hard was it ? I mean like WTH!!! Additionally you could make it all look more slick and stuff…but the above will do just fine for testing purposes. Here is how mine looks like currently:

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The spikes you see on the left are just to make it look more like a taser gun. Now this is wicked stuff. I never imagined hardware projects could be done so fast and actually have them do what they should do! For the curious ones:

NO I AM NOT GOING TO TEST THIS ON A HUMAN BEING!!!

The only way I am going to test this is by measuring how much distance there is needed between the cables before a spark jumps over. The bigger the distance the bigger the shock. According to the book a 1.5volt battery delivers like 1000volt charge, that sounds pretty painful to me.

oh and  a disclaimer:

THE CAPACITOR IS REALLY DANGEROUS I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INJURIES YOU OBTAIN AND I DO NOT ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO BUILD IT UNLESS THEY HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE WITH ELECTRICAL STUFF

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5 Responses to “Burn Notice toy…is really THAT easy to build!”

  1. MrDoug Says:
    May 25, 2009 at 23:28

    Me and a friend got into making these a while back. They’re great fun. He made one with knife blades for electrodes to you could shock shit as you slashed it. ;)

  2. diablohorn Says:
    May 25, 2009 at 23:43

    HOT! Now that sounds really nice…I was just really surprised on how easy it is. hmm slashing blades…that sounds to dangerous for me :p

  4. Intervention Says:
    May 31, 2009 at 00:07

    Sup DiabloHorn, small interwebz isn’t it? ;)

    Too bad c0replay went down. Hit me up.

  5. Ano Says:
    June 14, 2009 at 12:25

    I unintentionally touched the battery twice. It hurts, but I’m still alive.

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